How to Lose Followers and Alienate a Community — It seems like there have been quite a few Bitchmemes this week, but the one from yesterday/today about Andrew Baron (founder of RocketBoom) auctioning off his Twitter account takes the cake. — Part of me is thinking: Who the hell would buy someone else's Twitter account?

The Incredibly Shrinking Music Biz — EMI Shutting Down Some Asian Offices — EMI, one of the global music majors, is shutting down some of its offices in Asia. Offices in Thailand and Singapore have already been shuttered, while regional headquarters in Hong King are ready for the grim reaper, Music 2.0 reports.

Clock Ticking On Pageflakes? — Personalized web page startup Pageflakes has run into trouble and is desperately seeking a buyer, according to our sources. The company is rumored to be running low on cash and will join the dot.gone club unless it can find last-minute buyers.

YouTorrent Goes Legal, and Up For Sale — In just a matter of weeks since its launch, YouTorrent has become one of the most popular BitTorrent meta-search engines. This weekend, however, it revealed a shift in strategy and it now only indexes sites that host torrent files linking to “licensed” content.

RSS Feeds, Community, Publishers, and Revisions — Over the past few days, much discussion has occurred regarding the nature of Shyftr and its service. — Shyftr is a social RSS reader. Like other RSS readers, Shyftr provides tools for people to aggregate, organize, read, and share RSS feeds they are subscibed to.

Beaming Online Services Toward Blacks — CHEAP computers and Internet connections have helped people get online in greater numbers in recent years. Now Barry Diller's IAC/InteractiveCorp wants to make money by helping minority groups connect more easily to specific sites.

Mibbit: IRC so easy, your mom could use it — Back before the days of Meebo Rooms and really great, full featured desktop IM applications there was IRC. Its group chat channels provided a place of entertainment, tech support, and one of the original vehicles for P2P file sharing.